تأملات هادئة قدر الإمكان فى عالم مستفز

My Bookmarx 02/16/2012

“The military’s vast economic interests in Egypt are one of those secrets which is not really a secret. Their social clubs, complexes, villages and products are clear for all to see, but their precise hold on the country’s economy has never been determined.”

“wealthy interests have so taken control of the public debate on taxes in recent years that they’ve managed to completely remove as an option the kind of progressive taxation that was the norm throughout the most prosperous decades of recent North American history (1940-1980) often referred to as the “Golden Age of Capitalism.””

“Malnutrition is the root cause of the deaths of 2.6 million children each year, and the bodies and brains of 450 million more will fail to develop properly due to inadequate diet over the next 15 years unless immediate action is taken, according to a survey published on Wednesday by a leading international charity.”

“Capitalism inflicts horror after horror on people all around the world: poverty and starvation in every country, the murderous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the economic crisis sweeping Europe that has led to savage austerity measures, mass unemployment and misery. In the course of the Global Financial Crisis trillions of dollars have been handed out to the bankers while at the same time tens of millions of workers have lost their livelihoods.”